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- The DSM-III was revised in 1987, significantly altering the autism criteria. It broadened the concept of autism by adding a diagnosis at the mild end of the spectrum — pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) — and dropping the requirement for onset before 30 months.
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Feb 24, 2021 · A significant conceptual change in DSM-III-R was the move from “infantile autism” to “autistic disorder” as the name for the condition. This change reflected an awareness of the need for a more flexible and developmentally-oriented approach that would be useful across ages and developmental levels (Siegel et al. 1988 ; Waterhouse et al ...
May 9, 2018 · The DSM-III was revised in 1987, significantly altering the autism criteria. It broadened the concept of autism by adding a diagnosis at the mild end of the spectrum — pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) — and dropping the requirement for onset before 30 months.
Feb 24, 2021 · Autism was included in DSM-III (APA 1980) in an entirely new ‘class’ of conditions—the Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs). The definition provided for “infantile autism” in DSM-III was true to the name of the disorder, emphasizing characteristics of young children.
- Nicole E. Rosen, Catherine Lord, Fred R. Volkmar, Fred R. Volkmar
- 2021
Six diagnostic criteria were required, including appearance before 30 months of age, gross distortions or deficits in language development, and peculiar, sometimes rigid attachments to objects. The DSM-IIIR (1987) changed the title of the diagnosis to Autistic Disorder and described autism as “pervasive lack of responsiveness to other people.”
We summarize the events leading up to the inclusion of autism as a "new" official diagnostic category in DSM-III, the subsequent revisions of the DSM, and the impact of the official recognition of autism on research. We discuss the uses of categorical vs. dimensional approaches and the continuing tensions around broad vs. narrow views of autism.
- Nicole E. Rosen, Catherine Lord, Fred R. Volkmar, Fred R. Volkmar
- 2021
How does the DSM-5 change the way autism is diagnosed? Six major changes included: 1. Four previously separate categories of autism consolidated into one umbrella diagnosis of “autism spectrum disorder.” The previous categories were: Autistic disorder. Asperger syndrome. Childhood disintegrative disorder.
